Washington .- The Pentagon reported today that 17 soldiers involved in relief efforts in Japan have tested positive for "low levels" of radioactivity and ordered temporarily ward off the Japanese coast ships of the Seventh Fleet based in Yokosuka . Efe reported an officer in the Navy, the military are in good condition and to be a minimum level of contamination affected staff could eliminate the radioactivity with soap and water.
The Seventh Fleet also reported in a statement that it has decided to move its ships and aircraft carriers away from the area of \u200b\u200bnuclear power plant in Fukushima (northern Japan) after detecting contamination of "low level" in the air where they operated ships. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was 160 kilometers northeast of power plant exhaust when the plant has suffered after the tsunami that followed the earthquake that hit Japan last week.
The affected are three helicopter crews who were doing relief work near the area of \u200b\u200bSendai. Radioactivity was detected with instruments that are often made pollution tests as a precaution. The Navy said that the maximum radiation dose that could get the crew aboard the ship as it passed through the area was "less than the radiation received one month of exposure to radiation from natural sources such as rocks, earth and sun ".
However, as a precautionary measure ordered the USS Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy ships involved in disaster response transfer out of the wind direction to assess the situation and determine what actions to take. On Sunday, the USS Ronald Reagan began carrying emergency aid to coastal areas in Miyagi Prefecture.
The crew, along with the Japanese authorities made 20 starts for carrying containers with more than 681 kilos of assistance. "We remain committed to our mission of providing assistance to the people of Japan", the Seventh Fleet said in a statement. 
The Seventh Fleet also reported in a statement that it has decided to move its ships and aircraft carriers away from the area of \u200b\u200bnuclear power plant in Fukushima (northern Japan) after detecting contamination of "low level" in the air where they operated ships. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was 160 kilometers northeast of power plant exhaust when the plant has suffered after the tsunami that followed the earthquake that hit Japan last week.
The affected are three helicopter crews who were doing relief work near the area of \u200b\u200bSendai. Radioactivity was detected with instruments that are often made pollution tests as a precaution. The Navy said that the maximum radiation dose that could get the crew aboard the ship as it passed through the area was "less than the radiation received one month of exposure to radiation from natural sources such as rocks, earth and sun ".
However, as a precautionary measure ordered the USS Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy ships involved in disaster response transfer out of the wind direction to assess the situation and determine what actions to take. On Sunday, the USS Ronald Reagan began carrying emergency aid to coastal areas in Miyagi Prefecture.
The crew, along with the Japanese authorities made 20 starts for carrying containers with more than 681 kilos of assistance. "We remain committed to our mission of providing assistance to the people of Japan", the Seventh Fleet said in a statement.
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